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You are facing the schooner Ancud, her bow bursting out of the rock. She was built in 1843 on Chiloé to carry the Chilean expedition that would take possession of the Strait of Magellan. They set out in midwinter and, four months later, on the 21st of September 1843, raised the Chilean flag south of here. The next day a French warship, the Phaéton, sailed in. In Chile the story goes: we got here first, by one day. They founded Fuerte Bulnes, and in 1848 the colony moved here: that is how Punta Arenas was born. Look at the crew, braced on deck.
Source: Wikipedia en español, «Goleta Ancud». · Memoria Chilena (Biblioteca Nacional de Chile), «Goleta Ancud». · Emol, nota sobre la goleta Ancud y la soberanía chilena en Magallanes (183.º aniversario de la toma de posesión), 21 de septiembre de 2026. · Wikipedia en español, «Punta Arenas».
